LONDON – The British government has announced sanctions against two Bosnian Serb leaders for undermining peace and security in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the wider Balkans region. Milorad Dodik, the Bosnian Serb member of the country’s tripartite Presidency Council, and Zeljka Cvijanovic, the president of the Serb entity Republika ...
LONDON (AA) – A man has been found guilty of murdering British lawmaker Sir David Amess at the Old Bailey who was killed in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, last October. The 69-year-old Conservative MP was stabbed to death while meeting with locals in his constituency. Ali Harbi Ali, 26, was convicted of murder and preparing acts of […]
PARIS (AA) – French President Emmanuel Macron, who won the first round of the country’s presidential elections Sunday, has said he does not want a France that would have international populists and xenophobes as its only allies. Macron made the statement at an event in Paris following the announcement of exit polls. Thanking Paris Mayor [&hell...
ROME (AA) – A migrant shipwreck in the central Mediterranean has left at least 19 people dead, an official at the United Nation’s migration agency said Sunday. Flavio Di Giacomo, spokesman for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), quoted information from Sea-Watch, a German charity that runs a sea rescue mission. “Another t...
ANKARA – Ukraine has claimed that a total of 19,100 Russian soldiers have been killed since the start of Russia’s war. In a statement, the Ukrainian General Staff said that since the beginning of the war, the Ukrainian army has destroyed 151 Russian-owned aircraft, 136 helicopters, 705 tanks, 1,895 armored vehicles, 335 artillery systems...
GENEVA – The civilian death toll in Russia-Ukraine war has climbed to 1,766 people with 2,383 others injured, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has said. In its daily update, the OHCHR said most of the civilian casualties recorded were caused by the use of explosive weapons, including shelling from […...
MOSCOW – Russia’s watchdog Roskomnadzor has demanded from Google to unblock the DumaTV channel on YouTube video hosting. “Roskomnadzor demanded from the American company Google LLC, which owns the Internet service YouTube, immediately restore access to the channel of the State Duma of the Russian Federation DumaTV on the video hosting an...
LONDON, UK (AA) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday made an unannounced visit to Ukraine where he held talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. According to a government statement, Johnson pledged further military and humanitarian support to Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s “special military operationR...
KYIV, Ukraine (AA) – Ten humanitarian corridors have been agreed upon to evacuate civilians from Ukraine’s besieged southern cities, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister said Saturday. In a Telegram post, Iryna Vereshchuk said the civilians could cross into safe regions through the corridors, adding they could use private vehicles...
BRUSSELS – Ukraine is in immediate need for weapons and measures from Western allies to stop the Russian war machine, the country’s top diplomat has said. Speaking at a news conference following talks with NATO foreign ministers, Dmytro Kuleba said he only had “three points on his agenda: Weapons, weapons, weapons.” Kul...
